Friday, February 24, 2012

Friday Fragments

It’s Friday once again … my how time is flying while we’re having fun! That means it’s time for a little fragmenting … and since I’m the queen of random, that’s right up my alley!

I got the blue and white Irish chain basted together yesterday. I wasn’t sure, when I first woke up, if I had enough energy to get it done … I was still sore and tired from my busy Wednesday. But I knew that the quilt wasn’t going to baste itself – ha! – so I got ‘er done. I baste my quilts together at our church building … the classrooms are empty during the week, and I can shove two large folding tables together to spread the quilty layers out onto. It’s a rather slow process to baste the layers together, but it’s worth it to keep the backing from developing puckers.

After lunch I got started on the hand quilting – my favorite part. I got a couple of blocks quilted, moved the hoop and was settling back in my recliner … when somehow I bumped the can of Diet Coke on the table next to my chair. The majority of the soda spilled on the floor … but I did get some on the quilt. Thankfully, I was able to clean it all up … if you look carefully at a couple of smaller spots, you can see where I had to “scrub” a little … but that’s a whole lot less noticeable than the brown soda spots that were there before!

We’ve had warm weather the last couple of days … mid 60’s Wednesday and almost 70 yesterday. It’s going to feel frigid in comparison today, with a high of only 44.

Today I plan to do more quilting – of course. DSIL will be out of town next week for training, so he and DD are planning a date night tonight. Which means I get to watch the Ts!

Okay.....you need to stop and help me out here...what exactly is Irish Chain Basted!!?!!! See, I've never quilted, so I'm really showing my blond roots. And to hand quilt even, that just blows me away! I am so darned impressed. Idea: change from coke to sprite and no brown stains [just kidding]

How nice that you got it basted. I have hit my drink so many times and mine does end up all over what ever I am sewing, or bringing a cup of coffee in the other day and spilling it on my ipod and my phone. Thankfully nothing broke.Have fun with your little ones. I hope you have a nice weekend. Only 5 weeks until your trip? Gosh it is coming fast. Have fun quilting. :)

Hi there, I loved hearing about your getting the quilt ready to stitch-and so very thankful that you got the soda off it quickly. We head to the Islands in six and a half weeks-that means I've got to exercise alot at the gym to get ready for Capris. I can't wait for the warm weather; my hubby is even more anxious than I am. Have fun with the T's tonight and have a great weekend; think I'll pull out my quilting again.Hugs, Noreen

I'm like another one, would love to watch you quilt. We have two quilting clubs here and I've often thought what fun it would be. Both of them meet all day, bring pot luck lunch and then back at it. They seem to have such a good time.

I'm Nana of 4 adorable Ts; Mom of a lovely woman who happens to be my BFF; wife of a sweet, sweet man; daughter of the Living King.
I love to quilt, spend time with my grandkids, read, watch Cardinals baseball and Blues hockey, bike, travel (especially to the beach).